Re: I'm an MIT Admissions Officer & longtime FIRST person, AMA.
 

I don't think there's a standard take or view. Really depends on the case...are you getting good educational content, having a positive/rewarding/challenging experience, and so on.

Sounds like great options either way!

Re: I'm an MIT Admissions Officer & longtime FIRST person, AMA.
 

Thanks for doing this! Few questions:

1) How does MIT weight the importance of standardized tests (SAT I, SAT II, ACT) against school grades and GPA?

2) Not sure if this can really be answered, but along the lines of "Will a B keep me out?" and to get somewhat of a gauge, what is a good average for the GPA of accepted applicants? Do accepted applicants usually have lots of A+'s in classes or are A-'s and A's mixed in perfectly fine as well?

Re: I'm an MIT Admissions Officer & longtime FIRST person, AMA.
 

Hello! Right now i'm a junior in High school I do have a question about colleges in general if you, for example realized you reached your limit and switched out of a course that took up most of your time and caused other class grades to suffer but, switched out of it second semester and are doing a good job with all your classes now, that you switched out of the hard course. How do colleges look at that?